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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Threat Detection – Episode 9

    Download: Episode 8 We discuss… 1) Oculus DK 2 and Sony VR HMD ‘Morpheus’ announced – you can order the DK2 today – ships July – Sony unit has smaller FOV (90 vs 110 – diagonal) but otherwise very comparable – DK2 is 1080p (divided over two eyes) – Sony unit includes 3D audio –… Read more

  • Threat Detection Episode 8

    Download: Episode 8 We discuss… 1) Xbox ONE’s price drop and its failure to make waves with us. Microsofts decisions to include connect in the box. Perceptions on console launches. 2) Our grim gaming memories, including James’s harrowing childhood video game trauma at Sega World. Read more

  • Building a studio for podcasts & radio drama

    I’ve been very gradually building up a home studio setup over the past four years, as Dead Medium Productions came together. Although my setup is very modest and modular, it’s capable of recording ‘broadcast quality’ radio either indoors out out, capturing four performers simultaneously, and editing the whole shebang in multichannel stereo. I thought it… Read more

  • Comedy Chernobyl – Episode 2 – Gareth Stack Show Live

    This weeks show featured interviews with controversial comedian Robert Coyle, award winning conceptual artist Jonah King, and Caoimhe Lavelle and James Moran from the Bluebottle Collective. The show was produced by superproducer Ronan Misteil, and presented by Andrew Booth. Special guest was Gareth Stack. Prank call featured was by Siam Collective, with permission. The show… Read more

  • Lets Play – Dark Dungeon Adventure

    Gareth & James from the Threat Detection Podcast play through two extremely shoddy text based adventure games, scrawled by Gareth’s very own plush hands in the mid 1990’s. Read more

  • Threat Detection – Episode 7

    Download: Episode 7 We talked about… 1) Retro gaming and the reasons people play classic games. 2) Irrational Games shutting down! (Just beat me to it. Was in the process of linking stories to this) (System shock, tribes3, freedom force, swat 4, bioshock) – Sean Elliot employers! – Ken Levine to start new downsized studio… Read more